The JPL-created EMIT equipment is one among the scientific experiments being delivered.
It will aid researchers in understanding how airborne mineral dust impacts our planet.
A SpaceX Dragon resupply spacecraft launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 8:44 p.m. on Thursday
Currently travelling to the International Space Station with more than 5,800 pounds of scientific experiments, crew supplies, and other equipment.
The spacecraft took out from Kennedy Space Center's Launch Pad 39A on a Falcon 9 rocket for the company's 25th commercial resupply services mission for NASA.
On Saturday, July 16, it is planned for an automated docking with the space station at around 11:20 a.m. EDT, where it will stay for nearly a month.
The arrival will be covered on NASA Television, the organization's website, and the NASA app starting at 10 a.m.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California created the Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation .
That was created by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.
Mineral dust may be blown into the atmosphere and travel great distances, affecting the temperature, weather, vegetation, and other aspects of Earth.